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Yu Gong

Associate Professor of Physics

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Ultrafast optical control of magnetic dynamics in ferromagnetic films, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2007 – 2013
• Master's degree in Physics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2007 – 2009
• Master's degree in Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Lanzhou University, China, 2004 – 2007
• Bachelor's degree in Physics, Physics Dep. Lanzhou University, China, 2000 – 2004

Research Interests

• Ultrafast electron, phonon and spin dynamics in nano-scale materials and nano-photonic devices and surface plasma resonance in nanostructure materials.

Affiliations

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Assistant Professor, 2019-present

Nature Communications, Associate Editor, 2016-2019

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2013-2016

Courses Taught

• Phys 340 Photonics
• Phys 320 Electronics
• Phys 120
• Phys 111
• Phys 101
• Phys 420

Selected Publications

1. Alem Teklu, Noah Kern, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Joe Tidwell, Maxwell Rabe, Yu Gong, Wenkai Zhang, Luis Balicas “Experimental Analysis of the Elastic Moduli of Atomically Thin Transition Metal Dichalcogenides” J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c03861 
2. Ning Fang, Lei Wang, Nico Harris, Alem A Teklu, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Christian Brennan, Kamden Noah Kern, Aeron McConnell, Dali Sun, Ziyao Zhou and Yu Gong, “Control of coherent phonon dynamics in CoFeB/heavy metal heterojunction structures for future hybrid phononic and spintronic devices” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 58 045303 (2024)  https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad8bd1
3. Christian Brennan, Alan G. Jolym, Chih-Feng Wang, Ti Xie, Brian T. O’Callahan, Kevin Crampton, Alem Teklu, Leilei Shi, Ming Hu, Qian Zhang, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Hasitha Suriya Arachchige, Apoorva Chaturvedi, Hua Zhang, David Mandrus, Cheng Gong, Yu Gong, “Strong Surface-Enhanced Coherent Phonon Generation in van der Waals Materials” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 15,  10442–10450 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02208
4. Yu Gong, Zhonghua Yang, Alem Teklu, Ti Xie, Noah Kern, Andrew F. May, Michael McGuire, Christian Brennan, Er-Jia Guo, Narayanan Kuthirummal, John Cetin, Qian Zhang, Ming Hu, and Cheng Gong, “Efficient Optical Control of Magnon Dynamics in van der Waals Ferromagnets” Ultrafast Sci. 4, 0064. (2024) https://doi.org/10.34133/ultrafastscience.0064
5. KT Crampton, AG Joly, Y Gong, P El-Khoury, “Spatiotemporal imaging and manipulation of surface plasmons” Nanophotonics (2024), https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0733
6. Shengru Chen, Qinghua Zhang, Dongke Rong, Yue Xu, Jinfeng Zhang, Fangfang Pei, He Bai, Yan‐Xing Shang, Shan Lin, Qiao Jin, Haitao Hong, Can Wang, Wensheng Yan, Haizhong Guo, Tao Zhu, Lin Gu, Yu Gong, Qian Li, Lingfei Wang, Gang‐Qin Liu, Kui‐juan Jin, Er‐Jia Guo, “Braiding Lateral Morphotropic grain boundaries in homogenetic oxides” Advanced Materials, 35, 2206961 (2023)
7. Yu Gong, Xiangdong Bi, Nikki Chen, Marcello Forconi, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Alem Teklu, Bo Gao, Jacob Koenemann, Nico Harris, Christian Brennan, Marisa Thomas, Taylor Barnes, and Ming Hu, “Significant Enhancement of Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence in Water-Soluble Triphenylamine-Based All-Organic Compounds”J. Phys. Chem. B 2022, 126, 29, 5513–5522 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c03514
8. Yu Gong, Ming Hu, Nico Harris, Zhonghua Yang, Ti Xie, Alem Teklu, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Jacob koenemann, Xianghan Xu, Sang-Wook Cheong, Will McLoud and Cheng Gong, “Strong laser polarization control of coherent phonon excitation in van der Waals material Fe3GeTe2” npj 2D Materials and Applications 6, Article number: 9 (2022)
9. Zhiyin Tu, Ti Xie, Yeonghun Lee, Jinling Zhou, Alemayehu S Admasu, Yu Gong, Nagarajan Valanoor, John Cumings, Sang-Wook Cheong, Ichiro Takeuchi, Kyeongjae Cho, Cheng Gong, “Ambient effect on the Curie temperatures and magnetic domains in metallic two-dimensional magnets” npj 2D Materials and Applications 5, Article number: 62 (2021)
10. Yu Gong, Gao-Lei Hou, Xiangdong Bi, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Alem Abraha Teklu, Jacob Koenemann, Nico Harris, Peng Wei, Krystal Devera, and Ming Hu, “Enhanced Two-Photon Absorption in Two Triphenylamine-Based All-Organic Compounds” J. Phys. Chem. A 125, 1870–1879 (2021)

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